Pre-operative factors that can predict neoplastic polypoid lesions of the gallbladder

Table 4 Results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis for the factors that were significantly associated with the malignant gallbladder polyps for the 65 neoplastic polypoid lesions of the gallbladder on univariate analysis

	Hazard ratio	95% CI	P-value
Age ≥ 65 yr old	4.97	1.58-15.61	0.005
Gender, male	1.19	0.38-3.73	0.764
DM	6.13	1.98-18.94	0.001
ALT level	1.01	0.99-1.02	0.075
Polyp size > 15 mm	20.55	4.25-99.39	< 0.001
Inhomogeneous echo pattern	1.60	0.50-5.09	0.418

DM: Diabetes mellitus; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase.